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WITNESSES W. K. SHELLY, DECD.

M. S. FRICK, ADMINISTRATRIX.

PORTABLE LIQUID DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 19H.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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M. S. FRICK, ADMINISTRATRIX.

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M. S. FRICK. ADMINISTRATRIX. PORTABLE LIQUID DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-21,1917.

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WILLIAM SHELLY, OF TIFFI N, OHIO; MARGARET S. ERICK, ADMINISTBATBI X OF SAID WILLIAM KERN SHELLY, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO THE TIFFIN WAGONGOH- PAIN'Y, OF IIFFIN, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. v

PORTABLE LIQUID-DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM liquid disinfectants,-and for other purposes.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved portable liquid distributing apparatus arranged to maintain a constant pressure on the liquid, or to increase or decrease such pressure as desired and wholly independent of the speed of the apparatus andregardless of the apparatus traveling along level roads, up or down hills, over badpavements or railroad crossings or other roadways havin obstacles in the path of the apparatus. nether object of the invention is to provide a power-driven vehicle having a tank adapted to be filled from street hydrants and the like or by drawing the water from. cisterns, creeks and other sources of water supply locatedbelow the level of the tank. Another object is, to enable the attendant in charge of the apparatus to drive the same in any desired direction and to readily control the outflow of the water from any one of the waterdistributing nozzles or any combination thereof. A. further object is to permit of readily converting the apparatus into an ordinary auto-truck capable of use for other use is made of an auto-truck having the usual propelling motor, a tank mounted on the said truck, a conduit leading from the said tank and provided with nozzles, a pump in the said conduit, a second motor supported on the said truck and connected with the said pump to actuate the latter, an independent controlling means for each of the said motors and under the control of the attendant to control the said motors independently. one of the other. Use is also made of controlling valves in. the conduit,

K. SHELLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident Specification of Letters Paientfi Patented Nov,- 18 1919,. Application filed March 27, 1917. Serial No. 157,701.

one for each nozzle, and a series of manually controlled devices connected with the said valves to permit the attendant to open and close the valves independently one of of the other and without leaving the drivers seat.

One of the various practical embodiments of the invention is represented in the accompanyin drawings formin a part of this speci cation, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the portable liquid distributing apparatus with the hood of the pump an its motor shown in section Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the drivers shelter shown in section and the hood for the centrifugal pump and its motor removed; I

Fig. 3 i's a perspective view of the twostage centrl-fugal pump and its actuating motor mounted on an auxiliary frame arranged for removable attachment to the frame of the truck.

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the conduit, its branch pipes, the valves connected therewith for controllin the flow of the water irom the branch plpes to the nozzles;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section oi the controlling mechanisms for controlling the nozzle valves;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of one of the nozzles and its universal joint mounting;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan view of the I controlling mechanism for the motor em ployed for driving the centrifugal pump and propelling the truck; and

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view of the electrical connections for the truck driving motor and the centrifugal pump motor.

In the general construction of the power portable liquid distributing apparatus, use is made of an autotruck 10 including a framework 11, front or steering wheels 12 and rear Wheels 13, and a gasolene or other motor 14 to propel the said truck over a roadway, the motor 14: being mounted on the front end of the-framework 11 and being connected in the usual manner with the rear wheels 13 to propel the truck. Various devices, such as electric starting and controlling devices for the motor 14, steering mechanism for the front wheels and the actuating devices for the brake mechanism, are located on the framework 11 immediately in the rear of the truck motor and in front of the drivers seat 16. Other accessories (not shown), such as are usually found on auto-trucks of this type, are mount ed on the dash-board 17.

On the rear half portion of the framework 11 isdetachabl mounted a tank 20 adapted to be filled with liquid, provided at the top with a cover 21 having a manhole 22 and a nipple 23 for connection with a hose adapted to be connected with a hydrant or other supply of water underpressure to fill the tank with water. From the bottom of the tank 20 near the forward end thereof extends a conduit 25 connected with an inlet 26 of a centrifugal pump 30, preferably having two cylinders 31 32, of which the first cylinder 31 having the inlet 26, is connected by. a pipe 33 with the inlet of the other cylinder 32, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. The shaft 34 of the double pump is connected by a flexible coupling 35 with the shaft 39 of a motor 36, preferably of the same type as the truck motor 14. A tank 37 for supplying the motor 36 with gasolene is mounted on the front end of the tank 20,- as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Electric starting and controlling devices 38 for the motor 36 are mounted within convenlent reach of the attendant on the drivers seat 16, and as these controlling devices 38 are entirely distinct and separate from the starting, steering and brake actuating devices before referred to, it is evident that the centrifugal pump 30 can be runwholly independent of the propelling motor of the truck. By the use of the two-stage centrifugal pum 30 the liquid is discharged therefrom at t e desired pressure and wholly irrespective of the head of liquid inthe tank 20 and hence the force of the discharged liquid is the same whether the tank 20 is completely filled or nearly empty. It will also be noticed that by this arrangement the Y attendant can maintain a constant pressure on the water line, or can increase or decrease such pressure wholly independently of the s eed of the apparatus and regardless of the apparatus traveling along level roads, upor down hills, over bad pavements, or over railroad crossings, or passing over other obstacles in the roadway.

The centrifugal pump 30 and its motor 36 are mounted on an auxiliary frame 40.

rovided with legs 41 removably fastened y bolts or similar fastening devices to the usual two side beams of the framework 11 intermediate the forward end of the tank 12 and the back of the seat 16. In order to take up as little space as possible the common axis of the centrifugal pu1np'30 and the motor'36 extends in a transverse direction, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The outlet 42 of the cylinder 32 of the centrifugal pump 30 connects with a conduit 43 hich practically is a continuation of the conduit 25 with the centrifugal pump 30 inte" posed in the conduit. The conduit 43 has framework 11 and is provided at its terminal with the branch pipes 52, 53 having valves 54, 55 connected by universal joints 56, 57 with nozzles 58, 59 arranged on the front of the portable liquid distributing apparatus.

The valves 47 and 48 for the side nozzles 50 and 51 are controlled by levers 60 and 61 having their pivots 62 and 63 in the form of shafts journaled on the dashboard 17 so that the levers 60 and 61 are within convenient reach of the-attendant on the seat16. The outer ends of the pivots 62, 63 are provided with arms 64, 65 connected by. llnks 66 and 67 with bell crank levers 68 and 69 fulcrumed on the sides of the framework 11 (see Fig. 1) and connected by links 70 and links 86, 87 with bell crank levers 88, 89

fulcrumed on the front end of the framework 11. The bell crank levers 88 and 89 are connected by links 90 and 91 with the stems 92 and 93 of the valves 54 and 55 (see Fig. 4). It will be noted that the attendant seated on the seat 16, by hold of any one of the levers 60, 61, 80 and 81, can readily open or 'close the corresponding valve 47, 48, 54, 55, to control the flow of the liquid to the cor nding nozzle 50, 51, 58 or 59. It will also be noticed that by operating the levers 80 and 81 simultaneously the valves 54, 55 are opened to supply the front nozzles 58 and 59 simultaneously with liquid, or in a similar manner the nozzles 50 and 51 can be simultaneously sup-- even if all the valves 47, 48, 54 and 55 are closed for the time being. When, however,

and by the attendant having full control of the motor 36 the pump pressure can be varied to suit existing conditions. When it is desired to use the apparatus for fire extinguishing purposes, for sprinkling lawnsand the like witht e tank 20 as the supply of liquid, the foll wing arrangement is made: The conduit 43 (see Fig. 3) is provided with a transversely extending pipe 100 terminating at the lefthand side or elsewhere of the machine in a threaded portion 101 (see Fig. 2) for receiving the coupling of a hose terminating in a firemans nozzle, sprinkling nozzle or other nozzle according to the use to be made of the apparatus at the time. The pipe 100 is provided with amanuall controlled valve 102 which is kept closed w ile using the ,apparatus for street flushing and sprinkling purposes but is opened when it is desired to send liquid through the hose coupledto the terminal of the pipe 100 at the time the valve 102 is opened. It will be noticed that when the nozzle valves 47, 48, 54, 55 are closed and the valve 102 is opened then liquid is drawn by the pump 30 from the tank 20 and forced through the hose coupled to the pipe 100 to be discharged by the nozzle of the hose to a desired place. The liquid discharged may be directed onto a fire, sprinkled on the lawn or sprayed on trees, shrubbery and the like.

llhe apparatus may be used for similar purposes without employing the tank 20 as the source of liquid supply and for this purpose the following arrangement is made: The conduit 25 intermediate the tank 20 and the pump inlet 26 is provided with a manually controlled valve 110 normally open when the tank is used as a source of liquid supply but closed when it is desired to use the water contained in a cistern or that of a creek or other stream as a source of supply. The conduit 25 is provided at a point be tween the valve 110 and the pump inlet 26 with a pipe 111 having a threaded terminal 112 extending on the right-hand side of the apparatus for receiving the coupling of a suction hose adapted to be passed into a cistern or creek or similar source of water supply, so that when the pump 30 is running water is drawn from the source of supply by way of the hose and pipe 111 into 'zles 50, 51, 58 and 59 is provided with a the pump 30 to be forced out of the same into the conduit 43 and by way of the pipe 100 and the hose connected therewith to t e desired place of discharge, the same as above described. In a like manner the tank 20 may be filled from a cistern, a creek or similar water supply by connecting the hose at-' tached to the pipe 100 to the nipple 23 on the top of the tank 20 for filling the latter. The pi e 111 is provided with a manually control ed valve 113, which is open when using the apparatus for drawing water from a cistern, creek or other source of supply, but is closed when using the tank 20 as a su ply of water.

he nozzles 50, 51, 58 and 59 are preferably alike in construction and each 15 pro-. vided with a flat mouth 120 of a width exceeding the diameter of the conduit to insure the formation of a spreading sheet of water. By the use of the universal joints the nozzles can be adjusted to set each nozzle mouth in an desired angle relativeto the roadway. The front nozzles 58 and 59 are preferably set to throw crossing sheets of water onto the roadway,- while the side nozzles 50 and 51 direct sheets of water outward and in a. sidewise and forward direction onto the' roadway. Each of the nozremovable bottom plate 121 -to permit of conveniently cleaning a nozzle in case it becomes obstructed or clogged up by sediment or other extraneous matter. 1

By arranging the propelling motor 14 in front of the seat 16, and the motor 36 and the two-stage pump 30 immediately in the rear of the said seat 16, it is evident that the attendant in charge of the apparatus and seated on the said seat can see and hear in case anything is wrong with the said motors and pump, and promptly act accordingly.

The apparatus shown and described is very simple and its various parts and devices are not liable to get out of order easily. It will be noticed that the single attendant in charge of the apparatus can slow down at any time without afiecting the pump motor and the pump to allow of 115 discharging more liquid onto any given tus over the roadway without danger of swa g or skidding. It will also be notice that by the aforesaid location of the several main parts, the apparatus is rendered exceedingly compact and easy to handle by a singe attendant.

It is understood that the machine is capable of pumping its own charge from cisterns or creeks or to pump water from any other source of supply and dischargeit on fires or elsewhere regardless of the tank, or in other words, the machine can act precisely as a fire engine and add pressure to the stream when connected with a hydrant. Having thus'described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a portable liquid distributing apparatus, the combination with'a truck having a drivers seat, a motor for operating the truck, and a tank on the truck in rear of the seat and spaced therefrom, of a frame mounted on the truck to extend transversely of the truck frame between the seat and tank, an auxiliary motor -on the frame, a pump on said frame in alinement-with the motor and operated by the said motor, the axes of the motor and pump extending transversely of the truck, a connection between the pump and tank, a longitudinal pipe connected with the pump and extending to the front end of the truck, lateral pipes extending from the forward end of the longitudinal pipe and from said pipe adjacent its rear end, and nozzles on the lateral pipes, valves in the said lateral pipes and means for operating the valves.

2. in a portable liquid distributing apparatus, the combination with a truck hava drivers seat, a motor for operating the truck, and a tank on the truck in rear .of the seat and spaced therefrom, of a pairs of lateral pipes leading from the longitudinal pipe, one pair being on the front end'of the pipe, nozzles on the lateral pipes,

a valve in each lateral pipe, and a lever mechanism for operating the valves at each side of the truck from the drivers seat.

' 3. A portable liquid distributing apparatus comprising a truck, a motor for operating the truck, a seat for'the attendant, a tank on the truck in rear of and spaced from the seat, an auxiliary motor in the space between the seat and tank, a pump in said space and operated by the auxiliary motor, the pump and auxiliary motor being in alinement, with their axes extending transversely of the truck, a conduitconnecting the pump with the tank, a conduit connected with the pump-and provided with lateral pipes, nozzles on the lateral pipes, valves in said pipes, independent means for operating the valves, and controlling means for each motor.

( .WILLIAM KERN SHELLY. 

